{"id":634,"date":"2012-03-03T19:21:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T19:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cookingonadime.com\/?p=634"},"modified":"2012-08-19T23:16:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T23:16:20","slug":"learning-food-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cookingonadime.com\/index.php\/2012\/learning-food-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Food Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cookingonadime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fork-man.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-637\" title=\"fork-man\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cookingonadime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fork-man-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cookingonadime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fork-man-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.cookingonadime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fork-man-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.cookingonadime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fork-man.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>My new adventures in life make me want to absorb myself in new hobbies and skills now that I am finding the time and energy to do more. I have been considering the possibility of going to some cooking classes here locally. There is a really nice cooking school nearby and I always wanted to learn the knife skills of a professional chef (my least favorite part of making big meals is chopping veggies into little tiny pieces &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cookingonadime.com\/index.php\/2011\/market-street-clam-chowder\/\" target=\"_self\">Market Street Clam Chowder<\/a> is one of those types of meals).<\/p>\n<p>The first step in improving my photography skills was to purchase a newer better camera. After a lot of research I chose the Nikon D90. Having a camera with lots of buttons and options means I have been immersing myself in reading about shutter speed, aperture, lighting and all things photography. Reading about it doesn&#8217;t necessarily make you a better photographer, so I also have to practice practice practice.<\/p>\n<p>I am already loving how photos are turning out. So far I have mostly just been taking pictures of objects around the house and fiddling with the camera controls. I have been participating in a 365 photo a day project by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnfoodphotography.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Learn Food Photography<\/a>, I am only 3 days in, so I am still a newbie navigating the waters of good photography. I need to get outside and take photos, but it is cold and snowy in Utah this week and I haven&#8217;t ventured outside much beyond trekking to and from my car at work.<\/p>\n<p>I have been cooking quite a bit, but nothing new and memorable. I did make lentil soup last weekend that turned out amazing, but I need to work back through it and measure the ingredients. I also make it before I had my brand new awesome camera, so there should be some lentil soup coming soon!<\/p>\n<p>I would love to hear any advice or resources anyone has on improving my photography skills!<a style=\"text-decoration:none\" href=\"\/index.php?nz=lasuna-once-daily-cost\">.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new adventures in life make me want to absorb myself in new hobbies and skills now that I am finding the time and energy to do more&#8230;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cookingonadime.com\/index.php\/2012\/learning-food-photography\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[158,167,165,166],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lessons-learned","tag-food-photography","tag-food-photos","tag-learning-photography","tag-nikon-d90"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - 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